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The Cocoa Corner – Chocolate Blog & Recipes
Welcome to The Cocoa Corner, your source for chocolate inspiration! Discover delicious chocolate recipes, expert baking tips, and behind-the-scenes stories from our York chocolate kitchen. Learn about ethical chocolate making, The Chocolate Dream initiative, and get creative with chocolate in new and exciting ways.
What You’ll Find Here
- Easy chocolate recipes for home bakers
- Expert tips for working with chocolate
- Stories from our sustainable cocoa journey
- Seasonal chocolate ideas and inspiration
- The latest chocolate news and trends
Great News About Drinking Chocolate!
We've got to share with you the good news! It's that time of year now where the nights are dark earlier, it's cold and a little damp - making it the perfect time to snuggle up with a luxurious hot chocolate...
The Folklore of Jack of the Lantern
Pumpkin Lantern
With Halloween creeping up on us, we wanted to explore how the pumpkin became significant for this season, and here in lies the tale of Jack O' Lantern.
"Jack of the Lantern", later abbreviated to Jack O'Lantern is a story in Irish folklore...
A brief history of the Tradition of Halloween
With Halloween fast approaching, the shops full of costumes, scary masks, and plenty of Halloween chocolate and treats, we've been doing some reading to trace the roots of Halloween and the tradition of trick & treating to see where it...
Reforestation of Cocoa Growing Regions
I don't know whether you caught Sir David Attenborough’s Extinction: The Facts on Sunday evening, but as the title suggests it was quite a harrowing look at the state of the world's environmental situation, with many species facing extinction, due to the strain...
Making a Difference through Ethical Chocolate
With a focus
on caring for our environment, and respecting people and community, as a
British producer of delicious flavour infused and origin chocolates, we believe
strongly in responding to consumer changes in a way that is respectful of the
planet.
In recent years, we’ve...
Summertime Frozen Hot Chocolate Recipe
A popular drink to enjoy during the summer months, our frozen hot chocolate recipe will mean that you can enjoy a moment of chocolate happiness, whatever the weather. Click "continue reading" to get a copy of the recipe.
Chocolate & Strawberry Roulade Recipe
A delicious after dinner meal, our chocolate & strawberry roulade is made using a few simple ingredients and can be made in just under an hour. Click "continue reading" to view and get a copy of the recipe.
Venturing out of lockdown
Here we all are slowly easing out of the most crazy time of a generation, and waiting with baited breath to see if the economy starts to recover. I don't know about you, but this feels like a time for reflection,...
International Women’s Day
So, its International women’s day and here at Choc Affair we have interviewed our very own, Linda Barrie, the founder of Choc Affair. I would describe Linda as determined and focused but will always make sure you have a cup...